1Assistant Professor,
2Professor & Head of Department,
3Professor & Head of Department,
4Assistant Professor,
5Assistant Professor,
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*Author for Correspondence: Dr. Suresh Javvadi MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Chettinad Hospital and Medical College, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India, drsureshjfm@gmail.com
Out of various indicators for estimating age above 25 years, age related changes in pubic symphyseal surface between 2nd-5th decades of life have been found to be reliable during the said period; more during 3rd & 4th decades.
To estimate age, based on the morphological changes over pubic symphyseal surface, by applying the standard criteria devised by Mckern and Stewart and to find out its usefulness in application to the people of North Karnataka region.
Cross sectional study carried from 1st November 2007 to 31st October 2008 over 50 pubic bones (37 males and 13 females) from persons aged between 20–40 years collected at postmortem. The changes in the pubic symphyseal surface was observed and compared to the standard criteria devised by Mckern and Stewart.
For males, after adding +1 and +2 years for the total score 6–7 and 10 respectively, morphological changes in pubic symphyseal surface were found accurate for age estimation. For females, the age range was high in the total scores 6–7 (22–35 years) and total score 10 (30 years) compared to Mckern and Stewart's total score 6–7 (20–24 years) and total score 10 (23–28 years).
Age estimation in males was fairly accurate as compared to females using Mckern and Stewart's method.
Mckern Stewart's criteria, age estimation, pubic symphysis
